Pandemic Influenza: 100 years

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918–1919 global influenza pandemic, which infected 500 million people and claimed more than 50 million lives. Since 1918, there have been further pandemics and today influenza remains a global threat.

The Lancet is committed to publishing the best science on influenza, and has been at the heart of international research on pandemic flu for over 100 years. To mark the centenary, we have highlighted some of our landmark papers in a historical timeline below, plus we have also made our most highly cited articles FREE to access until Aug 31, 2018.

World-leading research on influenza

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